Kai Eide, former Norwegian politician and diplomat, was invited to give the 2018 Nelson Mandela Humanitarian Pillar Lecture at UWC RCN on Wednesday 6th June. He chose the title of 'The Changing Balance of Power and other Challenges to our Order' and gave a stimulating and thought-provoking presentation to an auditorium of students, staff and trainees from Framtidsfylket. He finished with encouragement to defenders of globalism to [...]

World Environment Day picnic Mia Chamberlain and Andreas Randøy from "Nature and Youth" visited to celebrate World Environment Day with us. Nature and Youth is the biggest youth environmental organization in Norway and part of the global Friends of Earth organisation. They work for global causes by engaging in local issues - by fighting against oil drilling in Lofoten or dumping mining waste in the [...]

The field trip to island of Svanøy (“Sunnfjords Perle”) – and its “Norwegian Deer Centre” – is a highlight of our annual year’s end. This time in perfect weather. During the boat trip, the Biology students took oceanographic measurements and samples of plankton. On Svanøy, during the lowest tides, they scattered on the beautiful rocky shore studying ecological niches of algae and animal species. Each student engaged [...]

As you may be aware, new legislation came into effect from 25 May 2018 which significantly changes the law applicable to our use of your personal data. This new law – the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – has its origins in the EU and requires us to provide you with additional information on how we process your personal data and also requires us to ensure that [...]

Inger Johanne Ravn, a family doctor in Fjaler and former UWC Atlantic College student (class of 1991), gave today's RCN Life Skills session for first years, house mentors, advisors and colleagues in the Care Centre on 'Health and Wellness at RCN'. Inger Johanne started with a short presentation in the auditorium on diet, sleep patterns, exercise, managing stress - and then ran a hugely stimulating Question and [...]

The graduating class of 2018 Graduation took place on Saturday 19th May at UWC Red Cross Nordic. It was a pleasure to welcome so many families, host families from our local community and other guests on Friday evening for dinner in the Høegh and then a cultural show – all coordinated by the first year students. The ceremony took place in a beautifully decorated auditorium [...]